Review of Synchronic (2020) by Tomhug — 07 Feb 2021

This movie was OK. From the musical score, you get the sense that the movie thinks it's way more awesome and thrilling than it actually is. If Mr. Dornen was trying to portray a shallow narcissist about whom any sympathy was nearly impossible to muster, he succeeded.

Mr. Mackie did an admirable job of portraying a conflicted, yet sympathetic character. There are some nice photographic turns in the transitions. There's something along the lines of an M. Night Shyamalan twist at the end, but it feels kind of pro forma.

To a large extent the whole movie feels like a setup to something significant, but we never get to the something -- or if we do, it's treated very superficially and formulaically.